From London’s Slums to India's Salt March: Britain’s Domestic and Colonial Struggles

In the Victorian age, over twenty‑million people crammed into slum streets of London and other industrial towns, where poor housing, water, and sanitation left families vulnerable to disease and hardship. Meanwhile, across the empire Gandhi’s Salt March in 1930 mobilised millions against Britain’s monopoly on salt and challenged colonial rule through peaceful protest. Together these stories reveal how domestic poverty and colonial resistance intersected, reshaped public policy and altered Britain’s self‑image. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices